PAGE SIX T E ICIGNtA SUNDAY, DEC. 3, 1944 Army Whips Navy, 23-7, to linch ationalChampi unship . Cadets Finish Season Undefeated; Win Nine Walterhouse Sets Plack-kicking Record; Davis Becomes Individual Scoring Champ By FRITZ HOWELL Associated Press Correspondent BALTIMORE, DEC. 2-(,P)-Army's magnificently equipped team hit the heights of gridiron greatness today, clinching the national football cham- pionship with a thrilling 23 to 7 vic- tory over rugged, fighting Navy be- fore 70,000 fans in Municipal Sta- dium. Showing the same power, alert- ness and deceptive attack which has characterized the Cadets all season, the Army boys converted two inter- cepted passes into two of their three touchdown marches, blocked a punt for a safety, and rounded out a cam- paign of nine stiaight wins-first perfect season for West Point since 1916. The Cadets, needing this one to wrap up the national laurels, took no chances. They whipped through a 73-yard touchdown march early in the second period to take a 7-0 half- time lead, and won going away with two quick scores in the last session as Navy's defenses crumpled. Blanchard, Davis Lead Attack With Felix (Doc) Blanchard, plebe fullback from Bishopville, S. C., and Glenn Davis, fleet halfback from Los Angeles, spearhearing the attack, the West Pointers were a great and pow- erful outfit worthy of wearing the crown as America's kings of the grid- iron. Davis, who scored the final touch- down on a 50 yard run after taking a lateral from Capt. Tom Lombardo, sewed up the individual scoring championship in the collegiate field. It was the speedster's 20th touchdown in nine games. Walterhouse Set Placekicking Record Adding to the Army honors was the fact Dick Walterhouse, placekicking specialist, made good on all three attempts at points after touchdowns to run his total to 47 in 59 tries- a new record eclipsing the 44 out of 57, set two years ago by Clyde La- force of Tulsa. But it was the alertness of the West Pointers that really paid off, and they cashed in on all of their self- manufactured breaks. Balked by the stalwart Middies through the first quarter, the Cadets flashed their power and finesse early in the second. Herschel Fuson, cen- ter, intercepted a pass on his own 27, and the Cadets were off and running. Navy's outstanding tackle, Don Whitmire, was injured on Blan- chard's smash and retired, and with him went most of Navy's defense. Davis Scores On the first play after Whitmire's injury Davis swung around right end for 21 yards, and on the next play Hall went over left tackle for 24 yards and the first touchdown. Walterhouse converted, putting Army ahead 7 to 0 and writing his own name in the record books as his- tory's most prolific extra point scor- er. Early in the third period, with Navy backed up deep in its own terri- tory, Army tackle Arch Arnold, broke through to block a punt by Navy's John Hansen, the ball rolling into the end zone Hansen recovered the ball there, Arnold tackling him for a safety and two Army points. Navy Scores Only Once Angiy -Navy struck right back, marching 79 yards to its only touch- down after taking a Blanchard punt. Hamberg, who took over for halfback Bob Jenkins, star back injured in the early going, engineered the Middie drive. He ran for 15 yards on the first two plays, then passed to Han- sen and halfback Bill Barron for first downs, an offside penalty inter- rupted the march only momentarily, for the 150-pounder hit end Leon Bramlett with a 13 yard pass on the 13-yard line, and then skirted end to the five after faking another aerial. After receiving aid from an Army off ised, Clyde Scott needed two cracks at the line to put the touch- down across. Vic Finos added the extra point from placement to end the Middie scoring. Blanchard skirted right end for 22 yards, and then the big fullback and Davis took turns carrying until they reached the nine without a halt, from where Blanchard blasted over right tackle for the touchdown. Again Walterhouse converted, and Army held a comfortable 16-7 mar- gin, but the cadets weren't satisfied. After the kickoff Navy couldn't move an inch, and punted to the Army 32, from where an offside penalty and runs by Blanchard and Max Minor moved the ball to the 50 yard line and gave Davis the perfect setting for his touchdown run after taking a lateral from Lombardo. It was a beautiful bit of running by the speedy back, not a hand being laid on him, and it kept intact his record of hav- ing scored against each team he faced this year. Against five oppon- ents he scored three touchdowns. CADETS OF THE U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY, West Point, N. Y. lined up beneath the signs which predicted their victory over the Navy in the annual service game, to give their team a rousing cheer after the contest. 'G.I. ZOO' ALSO ATTENDS: Gold Braid and Brass Stars redominate at Service Clash Irish Swamp Great Lakes In Final, 28-7 Kelly Sparks Notre Dame to Eighth Win of Season SOUTH BEND, IND., DEC. 2-(AP) -Notre Dame's fighting Irish ex- ploded with all the fury of their foot- ball tradition here today to crush Great Lakes 28-7 and close their season with setbacks only by Army and Navy marring a 10-game cam- paign. The Bluejackets carried the weight in the first half as they sought their 10th victory against one setback and a tie, but in the second half the Irish struck with tremendous power to make the game a near rout. Sailors Take Lead The finale of the Midwestern foot- ball season saw Great Lakes take a 7-0 lead on the first play of the second quarter as quarterback Jim Youel sneaked across from the one- yard line to cap a 26-yard Bluejacket march. Jim Mello place-kicked the point. That merely set a torch to a fuse- bomb Notre Dame attack. Midway in the second period, the Irish'zoom- ed 56 yards for their first touchdown which came as quarterback Frank Dancewicz tossed a 15-yard pass to halfback Bob Kelly, who made a leaping catch on the goal line. Half- back Steve Nemeth booted the first of his four conversions and the score was tied at 7-7. Irish Line Shows Its Power As the second half opened, the rugged Irish line was hitting so hard Bluejackets were sprawled injured almost play after play. It was these smashing tactics that gave Notre Dame its second touchdown. Half- back Ed Saenz of Great Lakes was smacked by Guard John Mastran- gelo on the goal line, fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Irish end Doug Waybright for a score. The final quarter produced two Irish touchdowns, the first on a sur- prisin gthree-yard pass from Dance- wicz to end Bob Skoglund after Notre Dame had marched 46 yards, and the second on a one-yard sneak by Dancewicz after Kelly had streak- ed 23 yards through an exhausted Great Lakes team to the three. MacKenzie Takes Detroit Prep Title DETROIT, Dec. 2.-(P)- Gerald Wood, Mackenzie High School end, converted a last minute fild goal today as the Detroit metropolitan league prep football champions de- feated Holy Redeemer, Catholic, League survivor, 3 to 0, in the annual Goodfellows Charity grid game. A crowd of 30,054 fans saw the city championship playoff in Briggs Stadium, though more than 45,000 tickets were sold in advance. Mackenzie earned a heavy statis- tical advantage over its lighter Re- deemer opponent but the stubborn Catholic champs broke up three Mackenzie drives inside their ten- yard line in the first half. Michigan Tankmen Face Tough Conference Foes Big Ten Swimmers Will Pack Dynamite The Michigan swimming squad will face a tough schedule beginning in early January, but swimming mentor, Matt Mann, doesn't seem to be worried about the stiff compe- tition. The 1945 schedule hasn't been arranged as yet, but among the prob- able teams the Wolverines will have to meet, are some good Northwestern, Ohio State, Great Lakes, and maybe Yale squads. Ohio State in particular is reported to be quite formidable, with Keo Nakama, 220 and 440 champ, back at Columbus, and also an Erie boy, Jack Billingsley, who walked off with AAU honors in diving last year. Wildcats Have Tribble, Walsh{ Northwestern is also loaded with power, as Bob Tribble, star back- stroker, and Heini Kessler's competi- tor, Ed Walsh, in the breaststroke BUY WAR BONDS event, have both returned to school. Yale, of course, is still a dangerous threat to any team, with Alan Ford, acclaimed by many as the number one swimmer in the country. Michigan Squad Is Well Balanced Looking at the Maize and Blue side of the .docket, however, Michigan seems strong and very well-balanced, boasting such stalwarts as Heini Kessler, Conference breaststroke champion, Mert Church and Chuck Fries in the freestyle, and Carl Agri- esti and Vincent Lopez in the diving events. There are also a number of up-and-coming tankmen, of whom, by all indications, a lot shall be seen, when the meets get under way. Right now, Coach Mann is in the process of rounding the team into shape, and from all appearances, it seems very probable that the Big Ten Swimming Crown will remain at the University of Michigan for at least another year. The only definite meet scheduled so far is a home and home engage- ment with the Sailors from Great Lakes, who trounced the Wolverines twice last year. Coach Mann is also angling to have the National Colle- giates held in Ann Arbor sometime in March, and if this deal comes through, a lot of excellent swimming should be seen here in the forth- coming season. a i i By BUS HAM Associated Press Correspondent MUNICIPAL STADIUM, BALTI- MORE, DEC. 2-(M)-This was it, the Army against the Navy at last. Long before game time, the stands were filled to the last inch by war- time's most gaily-bedecked throng. Everybody was there, it seemed ... that is, everybody but President Roosevelt. And just before the kickoff, the 70,000 fans thought for a minute that the president was making a belated entrance. Limousine Rolls Onto Track A long black limousine rolled onto the cindered track. Police escorted it. One had a big gattling gun in his arms. The car slowly cruised around the oval and stopped in front of the 50- yard boxes where Navy's high-rank- ing officers sat. Brightly-dressed trumpeters took their places beside the car. Then the royal robe was spread at the rear door. Out came the Army's mule, stage type, followed by the Navy's goat, a real one, and the game was on. Crowd Mostly Service People The crowd was strictly service, that is, Army and Navy people, with less than 25,000 tickets being available to the general public. Stage and screen people were conspicuously ab- sent, comedian Ed. Wynn being one of the few of this colony to attend. Arnold, Chief of Air Forces, and Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, Chief of Ground Forces, sat on the Army side. Admiral King Attends Across the field in Navy boxes were Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral Wil- liam D. Leahy, Chief of Staff, and Admiral Jones H. Ingram, Command- er in Chief of the Atlantic fleet. Ingram, eldest of three brothers who starred on Navy teams, was formerly director of athletics and coach at the Navy Academy. The Roosevelt family was not with- out representation. The president's, daughter, Mrs. John Boettinger, sat in a box on the Navy side. Injured Servicemen Are Guests More than 1,000 injured overseas men, soldiers, sailors and marines, were in field box seats. Most of them were driven over in private cars by the Washington Junior Board of Commerce from the Bethesda and Walter Reed General Hospitals. Secretary of War Stimson, Secre- tary of Navy Forrestal and Secre- tary of Treasury Morgenthau, could not attend, but their tickets were either turned back or given to service men. Stimson's box was occupied by five officers, all injured overseas. Grid Movies To Be Shown Movies of last week's thrilling Mi- chigan-Ohio State game will be shown to the student body at 4:30 p. m. today in the Michigan Union Ball room with a running commen- tary by R. O. Morgan, Council Sec- retary and Assistant General Secre- tary of the Alumni Association. According to Mr. Morgan, the pic- tures turned out perfectly and por- tray every detail of the game clearly. Even though the Wolverines were defeated after a gallant struggle, the movies prove even farther that Mi- chigan lost no prestige by the loss. Because of the special interest generated in the game University women have been extended a special invitation to witness the showing. F. w SIXTH WAR LOAN BUY BONDS I ml 7 But gold everywhere. shall, Chief braid and stars dazzled General George C. Mar- of Staff, General H. H. 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